Gypsy...London....Patti.... Katie Holmes.. I could see it... Discuss.

[Londonskyguy]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 12:46am

[Londonskyguy]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 12:53am

Im just saying ,, after seeing the promos for Eli Stone with Katie Holmes I could see Katie playing Louise, no offense to laura. So I thought ,, Gypsy,, London production with Patti and Katie...

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 12:59am

No.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 12:59am

No.

[E.Davis]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 1:03am

Are you drunk....Did you have one to many appletinis tonight. Katie Holmes would destroy it. I also don't mean to be rude to you.

[Londonskyguy]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 1:15am

So much for a discussion.. And I love how members on this website love to insult people then make some lame apology after they insult them.

[Parks]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 1:24am

Katie Holmes? I didn't think her singing was especially strong in that clip... not to mention it wasn't even live... I don't see it.

[Londonskyguy]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 1:25am

ok see now thats how a discussion works...

[E.Davis]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 1:28am

I am sorry, after thinking about it, I did sort of like it but there is no Louise quality that I think she could portray

[CurtisTaylorJr2]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 1:34am

Gypsy on a large scale level needs a rest, there have been two Broadway revivals very close together and I think it going to the West End would be too much. It's a good show, but all shows need a rest sooner or later.

[Londonskyguy]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 2:20am

It has been quite a while since a London production of Gypsy mhas been produced. Great American musicals such as Oklahoma, Sound of Music , Guys and Dolls , La Cage ,, have been quite succesful as of late.

[MamasDoin'Fine]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 5:25am

It wont work in London, it never has, even with Angela Lansbury it was off within a year and countless tours never made it to the West End! (this has been discussed on here many, many times alreaady!)

[Ad Lick It]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 8:13am

A.) Love Patti or hate her, GYPSY is OVERdue for a West End revival. The quasi-knowledge posted here about these shoddy tours which never made it in is irrelevant.

B.) Any woman who appears under 39, can act and carry a tune in a bucket can play Louise (opposite Patti's Grandma Rose). Katie Holmes is great commercial casting - sells tickets and has the potential to be a wonderful performance.

C.) Some people on this board...

[MamasDoin'Fine]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 8:31am

Love her or loath her...London DOES'T know who the hell Patti LuPone is!
Despite her fame in New York for the Broadway production of 'Evita', when she came to London she was a total unknown when she did 'The Cradle Will Rock' at the Old Vic in 1985. Her part, that same year, in the original production of 'Les Miserables' won her an Olivier Award (the first American woman to get that honor I believe) but very few people went to the show for her performance, it was an ensemble piece as it is now.
She then returned to London and a very messy and doomed premier season in 'Sunset Blvd'- the least said of that the better as everyone knows -ask Andrew Lloyd Webber!
In 1997 she appeared in the stunning Broadway play 'Master Class' at the Queens theatre- despite rave reviews it closed in 4 weeks!
London doest know her and they wont fork out £70 to £8o to see someone they don't know in a show that has never worked in the UK
Your obviously an out and out Patti lover and good for you, so maybe you better start saving your pennies to get to the U.S for her next venture!
She's an American Great but that doesn't cut it in London.

Updated On: 10/21/08 at 08:31 AM

[kissmeimirish]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 1:26pm

I can see Katie Holmes as Electra. She's wonderful at looking paralyzed on stage.

[LEStheatreGuy]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 1:58pm

Patti's performance in Sunset was very popular in London, with audiences and critics alike. Master Class just isn't a very good play.

And, more importantly, you cannot compare Patti in GYPSY to anything else in this conversation. This is a magnificent star performance and an acting tour de force. It's a no-brainer to take this to London.

[MamasDoin'Fine]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 2:13pm

Strange that! I was working at the Adelphi at the time, for 'Sunsets' first 14 months actually and we had endless moaning about her performance from the public and how you can say the critics loved her is hilarious and boy was the backstage area an unhappy place to be around performance time.

[bwayfan9]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 2:15pm

this tread is funny

[blaxx]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 2:15pm

Master Class just isn't a very good play.

Now I can take you seriously.





Not.

[H.Higgins]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 2:17pm

In terms of type, Katie Holmes makes sense for Louise, but I can't see her being more than mediocre.

And why ANYONE other than the amazing Laura Benanti should play the role if the production ever transferred is beyond me. Updated On: 10/21/08 at 02:17 PM

[bwayfan9]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 2:35pm

*thread

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 2:37pm

maybe people were complaining about how boorish Sunset is? I love Patti (and secretly Sunset), but there are parts of that show that really can't be saved.

[Ad Lick It]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 2:41pm

Would be great for Laura to go to London, but she's poised to expand her career in film and television so probably wouldn't want to. Also, this show is less of a showpiece for her than Patti.

It's obvious now where MamasDoin'Fine's anti- Patti to London feelings are coming from. That drivel about her backstage antics in the context of Patti not being popular with London audiences say it all.

And Patti's reviews in the London Sunset were great from the London critics.

[Scripps2]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 2:53pm

Rightly or wrongly Gypsy has never been a popular success in the UK, possibly because the title has different associations to the general public.

Personally I would love the opportunity to see Patti in this, although if the physical production is low-budget, as I get the impression from reading this board that it may be, I think that may be a risk for alienating the critics and audiences alike.

[Theatreboy49]

Posted: 10/21/08 at 5:54pm

Patti is amazing and the show could do well in london. Katie Holmes??? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Not even the prospect of Katie Holmes taking some of her clothing off could get me to see her in Gypsy. The show i Lupone Gypsy and if they put her with Katie Holmes Patti would be ignored and frankly it would be worse than any of the crap casting Chicago does. Hey maybe Katie Holmes can play velma in chicago. Theres crap stunt casting people would want to see.